Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[Western]

Wasn't expecting this, even with a 50% chance, but rained all night and right now sitting at 4-3/10", what a blessing!. Saw a few guys out putting up windrows yesterday going to the doctor, maybe this will give them another cutting if the heat holds out for 3 weeks.

 

[Bird]

I awoke briefly to quite a lightning show about 12:30 a.m. and then was surprised a few minutes ago to find nearly 2" of rain in my gauge; about 1.95" anyway. The Dallas Morning News has stories about flash floods, vehicular crashes, streets closed, etc. and says the DFW airport got 2" while some areas got up to 5". In spite of my having watered my yard the last 2 days, I don't even see a puddle outside. But I sure am glad about the rain we got.

 

[jinman]

Well, to show the patchy nature of this storm, it was almost 10 pm last night before we got much more than a trace. I kept watching clouds evaporate on the radar just as they approached my place. At 10 pm, it started raining steadily with a few hard downpours. My gage this morning shows 1.5". That's really welcome rain for me. I wasn't nearly as lucky as Dennis, but this is certainly welcomed rain.

I've been watering to keep my yard alive and mowing about once every two weeks. I just had to do a gas tank replacement on my JD mower because the old one split open. My grandson and I tore the mower apart to get at the tank and replaced it a little over a week ago. Yesterday was the first mowing with the new tank, and it worked just fine. This morning my yard looks wonderful.:thumbsup:

 

[Western]

Since I have been almost "incapacitated" I haven't been able to water like normal, the plus side is I haven't had to mow Look like I will be "forced" into it now! Still a medium drizzle here, the best kind.

 

[Bird]

I mowed a week ago today, so my yard does need mowing. And I was kind of dreading the job I intended to do this morning of pretty drastically pruning a live oak tree, but the wet weather gave me a good excuse to postpone that job. We're just barely getting a sprinkle of rain and it's gone on all morning.

 

[bindian]

Even with all the rain we had the first of July, we are still mowing about every 3 weeks. My second pond is finished. It has about a foot of water in it. Please send any leftovers down here.
hugs, Brandi

 

[blueriver]

So glad to hear about your rain in different area's ... Dennis gets over 4" ... Bird nearly 2" ... Jim 1.5"... Brandi needs more ... and I will take anything you don't need!!!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Started out hot, but just received another 3/10ths and possibly more on the way:thumbsup: Looks like Jim and Bird will get some of this too!!

FWIW, got an MRI today in Ft Worth, found a place that will do one for a cash price of $325!!! The place is "Ramic Medical Imaging" Thats a pretty good deal since my insurance deductible has gone up to $3500

Fair warning: If you go out on your own and find a good cash price, your insurance company won't count it towards your deductible. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[pacerron]

Fair warning: If you go out on your own and find a good cash price, your insurance company won't count it towards your deductible. Don't ask me how I know.

Whether it is counted or not toward his deductible most likely is dependent on whether it was ordered by a doctor and if the insurance company gave pre-approval of the testing facility and the test, if his policy has that requirement.
I would be more concerned about whether the MRI was done properly by a trained/licensed technician, what kind of maintenance and calibration is being done on a machine that costs a million dollars when new, and who and at what additional cost interprets the data.
Cash avoids the cost of a lot of paperwork but $325 sounds too cheap for all the equipment, facilities, and technical people involved.

 

[Western]

The MRI was ordered by my primary, seems that Ramic has a great reputation. I was told by my Primary doctor and the radiologist, that things are changing due to the new and up coming health care laws. Ramic will file through my insurance, but my portion goes up to $450(still a good deal), When the Health care law was enacted, our premiums immediately went up, before we had 80/20 with no deductible and a great co-pay plan. Now we pay about a quarter more a month ($800 range) for 60/40 with $3500 yearly deductible per person on the policy. The new "year" starts in October, so my deductible amount will reset to $3500. If that makes sense.

One place I called (referred from my spinal surgeon) was $800 cash, or $1200 through insurance, for a CT scan. Does "kickbacks" sound possible??

I think I will be OK with theses folks, I mean it wasn't like they where "dancing around a camp fire chanting":laughing: seemed very professional. I like the "open MRI" too:thumbsup: